Green smoothie breakfast

Well, I hate ice more than could ever be normal, so this is ice-free.

1 medium banana
1 gala apple
1-2C spinach
Juice of one lemon
Cinnamon to taste

Blend it all up and drink!

Have a great Thursday, everyone!

Hiking the Ledges

Just wanted to share a few photos from my hike at Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park here in Ohio. It's such a beautiful (and challenging) hike! If you're in the area, I highly recommend it.

Trail mix!

Put together some trail mix for today's hike.

1/3C almonds (mine were slivered, but any will work)
1/3C walnuts (well, really any nuts will work. These two just happened to be on hand.)
1/3C vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used Ghiradelli.)
1/3C soynuts (no idea, my mom gave these to me!)
1/3C dried cranberries
1T flax seeds
1T PB2 powder
1.5t nutritional yeast flakes

It all fit nicely into a single sandwich bag, which fits perfectly in my fannypack/lumbar bag. I plan to share this with my mom, who is joining me for today's hike. This is a good balance of protein and energy, so we should be able to hike till the sun goes down. (Also helps that we won't be starting until late afternoon!)

Snack/Lunch!

Work has been out of control lately and hasn't left much time for blogging. But I HAD to snap a picture and share the small plate of deliciousness I had for my workday snack/lunch!

We're out of plates and I just brought the whole container with me today since I didn't have a ton of time this morning, so I dished out my portion on the lid.

Folks, may I present from Color Me Vegan, carrot fries (!) with blueberry ketchup (!!) SO. GOOD.

~150 Calories for this portion
(~50 for the carrot fries, ~100 for the ketchup)

Dinner! I might eat another big salad tonight if I get hungry because I have about 300 calories left in my day right now and I haven't done a workout yet.

Just a big salad with chickpeas for protein and some fruit. Really clean and simple but so good.

There were grapes in there earlier but I snacked on em. The Clementine hasn't been eaten yet.

Already at 10 cups of water today though!

~260 Calories in total
(~190 for the salad, ~70 for the cantaloupe.)

I froze all the left over oatmeal bake in individual servings because it was just too high-calorie to eat every day.

Today, I made a super delicious and simple smoothie to start my day. Just 2/3 C frozen strawberries, a banana, and 1/2 C unsweetened vanilla soy milk.

Well, and coffee, of course.

~220 Calories

Last night's dinner wasn't very low-calorie, but it was very nutritious.

I made a roasted sweet potato salad and served it alongside a mixed greens salad (same as I had for lunch) with garbanzo beans for protein.

These trays from Target are great to teach portion control, which is my main problem.

~649 Calories in total
(~359 for the sweet potato salad, ~290 for the mixed greens salad)